TABLE 1.
Microsatellite loci used to evaluate genetic diversity in the Nakai elephant population for the 2018 dry season (N = 58), 2019 wet season (N = 38), and all individuals (n = 91, five individuals were shared between seasons).
| Locus | References | Label | Multiplex | NAKAI 2018 | NAKAI 2019 | NAKAI 2018 / 2019 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | HO | HE | p | HO | HE | p | HO | HE | p | |||
| EMU01 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 3 | 2 | 0.636 | 0.662 | .004 | 0.528 | 0.651 | .000* | 0.570 | 0.666 | .000* |
| EMU02 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 4 | 4 | 0.345 | 0.390 | .001* | 0.553 | 0.444 | .486 | 0.420 | 0.413 | .006 |
| EMU03# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | 6‐FAM | 1 | 4 | 0.472 | 0.491 | .007 | 0.371 | 0.431 | .040 | 0.434 | 0.476 | .002* |
| EMU04# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | NED | 1 | 1 | 0.407 | 0.428 | .006 | 0.444 | 0.518 | .010 | 0.447 | 0.492 | .000* |
| EMU06 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | 6‐FAM | 3 | 2 | 0.545 | 0.671 | .028 | 0.353 | 0.420 | .012 | 0.500 | 0.625 | .001* |
| EMU07# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 1 | 2 | 0.704 | 0.847 | .000* | 0.618 | 0.791 | .006 | 0.663 | 0.835 | .000* |
| EMU08 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 3 | 1 | 0.328 | 0.428 | .015 | 0.649 | 0.581 | .013 | 0.444 | 0.498 | .011 |
| EMU09 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 4 | 1 | 0.558 | 0.688 | .001* | 0.556 | 0.634 | .068 | 0.554 | 0.679 | .000* |
| EMU10# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | 6‐FAM | 1 | 2 | 0.608 | 0.555 | .361 | 0.441 | 0.632 | .001* | 0.550 | 0.602 | .001* |
| EMU11 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | NED | 4 | 4 | 0.789 | 0.721 | .091 | 0.553 | 0.730 | .003 | 0.700 | 0.732 | .006 |
| EMU12# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | VIC | 2 | 3 | 0.411 | 0.634 | .000* | 0.486 | 0.610 | .130 | 0.443 | 0.636 | .000* |
| EMU13# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | NED | 2 | 3 | 0.733 | 0.820 | .052 | 0.667 | 0.781 | .268 | 0.686 | 0.810 | .002* |
| EMU14# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | 6‐FAM | 2 | 3 | 0.630 | 0.756 | .016 | 0.829 | 0.791 | .782 | 0.690 | 0.781 | .111 |
| EMU15# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | NED | 2 | 4 | 0.604 | 0.651 | .672 | 0.714 | 0.720 | .445 | 0.639 | 0.676 | .891 |
| EMU17# | Kongrit et al. (2008) | NED | 3 | 3 | 0.809 | 0.787 | .286 | 0.714 | 0.822 | .005 | 0.757 | 0.805 | .023 |
| EMU18 | Kongrit et al. (2008) | 6‐FAM | 4 | 1 | 0.630 | 0.626 | .108 | 0.568 | 0.636 | .020 | 0.593 | 0.630 | .002* |
| LA4 | Eggert et al. (2000) | NED | 5 | 2 | 0.417 | 0.738 | .000* | 0.387 | 0.770 | .000* | 0.392 | 0.760 | .000* |
| FH94R | Eggert et al. (2008) | NED | 5 | 4 | 0.340 | 0.576 | .000* | 0.441 | 0.691 | .000* | 0.377 | 0.640 | .000* |
| Mean | 0.554 | 0.637 | 0.548 | 0.647 | 0.548 | 0.653 | |||||||
| SE | 0.036 | 0.032 | 0.031 | 0.03 | 0.028 | 0.029 | |||||||
Note: The nine loci used in genetic comparisons of Nakai 2018, Nakai 2019, Nakai 2006, Sepon 2011, and the Elephant Village are indicated by #. Label = fluorescent label used on forward primer; Multiplex = reaction number within combination A or B; HO = observed heterozygosity; HE = expected heterozygosity under Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE); p = deviance from expected value under HWE with * designating significance following Bonferroni correction.